Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History

Summary

Digital images of pottery and perishable items recovered from Earl Morris' excavations of Aztec West Ruin between 1916 and 1922. Although Morris' excavations at Aztec were extensive, his analysis and descriptions of the artifact assemblage were cursory. In 2003, Laurie Webster and Lori Stephens Reed began systematic analysis, documentation, and digital imaging of pottery and perishables from Morris' Aztec West Ruin collections housed at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico. Although their work with the Aztec Ruins collections continues, this tDAR project includes images of all pottery and perishable artifacts documented by the researchers through 2011. Documentation of the artifacts was undertaken as part of several research projects involving the Chacoan and post-Chacoan occupations of Aztec Ruins and other sites in the Middle San Juan region of northwestern New Mexico.

Cite this Record

Aztec West Ruin: Perishable Artifacts and Pottery from Excavations by the American Museum of Natural History. ( tDAR id: 365184) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8FF3TS0

Keywords

Culture
Ancestral Puebloan

Material
Ceramic • Wood

Site Name
Aztec Ruins, West Ruin

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Settlements • Town / City

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM • Aztec West Ruin • Basketry • Ceramic • Hide Artifacts • Mancos Black-on-white • McElmo Black-On-White • Mesa Verde Black-On-White • Perishable Artifacts • Pottery • Textile Artifacts • Wood Artifact

Geographic Keywords
Animas Valley • Four Corners Region • Middle San Juan • San Juan Basin • Totah

Temporal Keywords
Late Chacoan - Post Chacoan Period

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1110 to 1140 (Late Chacoan)

Calendar Date: 1140 to 1280 (Post-Chacoan)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.038; min lat: 36.803 ; max long: -107.955; max lat: 36.861 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Gary Brown; David Hurst Thomas

Principal Investigator(s): Lori Reed; Laurie Webster

Repository(s): American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY; Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, NM

Record Identifiers

AMNH Accession Number(s): AMNH 29.0; AMNH 29.1

NPS Accession Number(s): AZRU-00001; AZRU-00008

Notes

General Note: Some items are from burial contexts. Access to images of these items is restricted and only available through consultation with NPS and AMNH

General Note: High resolution images are archived and available to researchers through the National Park Service, Aztec Ruins National Monument.

General Note: Publication or use of images is restricted; permission may be obtained through consultation with American Museum of Natural History and Aztec Ruins National Monument.

Source Collections

Image: NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

Original Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York; and NPS, Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

Related Comparative Collections

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at American Museum of Natural History, New York

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Hibben Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Aztec Ruins Collections housed at Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec, New Mexico

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 401-500 of 852)

  • Images (852)

Images

  1. Perishable: Cotton Cloth AZRU8-2876 (2006)
  2. Perishable: Cotton Cloth with Buckskin AMNH 29.0/9672 (2006)
  3. Perishable: Cotton Cordage AZRU8-2795 (2006)
  4. Perishable: Cotton Fabric AMNH 29.0/5282 (2006)
  5. Perishable: Cotton Fabric AMNH 29.0/9443 (2006)
  6. Perishable: Cotton Fabric AMNH 29.0/9444 (2006)
  7. Perishable: Cotton Fabric AMNH 29.0/9453 (2006)
  8. Perishable: Cotton Fabric AMNH 29.1/0023 (2006)
  9. Perishable: Cotton Fabric AZRU8-2724 (2006)
  10. Perishable: Cotton Pompoms AMNH 29.0/5280 (2006)
  11. Perishable: Cotton Sack AMNH 29.0/5284 (2006)
  12. Perishable: Cotton Textile AZRU8-2733 (2006)
  13. Perishable: Cotton Textile, AMNH 29.0/8960 (2006)
  14. Perishable: Cotton Twill Fabric AZRU8-1773 (2006)
  15. Perishable: Cotton with Seed AMNH 29.0/9399 (2006)
  16. Perishable: Cotton Yarn AMNH 29.0/8443 (2006)
  17. Perishable: Cradle Band AMNH 29.0/8964 (2006)
  18. Perishable: Fabric and Plaited Sandals AMNH 29.0/7657 (2006)
  19. Perishable: Feather Blanket AMNH 29.0-8963 (2006)
  20. Perishable: Feather Belt AMNH 29.0/5283 (2006)
  21. Perishable: Feather Blanket AMNH 29.0/9665 (2006)
  22. Perishable: Feather Object AMNH 29.0/9563 (2006)
  23. Perishable: Feather Ornament AMNH 29.0/7393 (2006)
  24. Perishable: Feather Ornament AMNH 29.0/8639 (2006)
  25. Perishable: Feather Ornament AMNH 29.0/9712 (2006)
  26. Perishable: Hair Ornament, AMNH 29.0/7074 (2006)
  27. Perishable: Hide Bag AZRU8-2734 (2006)
  28. Perishable: Hide Bag AZRU8-2735 (2006)
  29. Perishable: Hide Bracelet AMNH 29.0/7819 (2006)
  30. Perishable: Hide Fragment AZRU8-2737 (2006)
  31. Perishable: Hide Fragments AZRU8-2738 (2006)
  32. Perishable: Hide Fragments AZRU8-2742 (2006)
  33. Perishable: Hide Fragments AZRU8-2743 (2006)
  34. Perishable: Hide Fragments AZRU8-2744 (2006)
  35. Perishable: Hide Moccasin AZRU8-1782 (2006)
  36. Perishable: Hide Object AMNH 29.0/8638 (2006)
  37. Perishable: Hide Piece AZRU8-1780 (2006)
  38. Perishable: Hide Piece AZRU8-2736 (2006)
  39. Perishable: Hide Piece AZRU8-2927 (2006)
  40. Perishable: Hide Scrap AZRU8-2740 (2006)
  41. Perishable: Hide Scrap AZRU8-2741 (2006)
  42. Perishable: Hide Scraps AZRU8-1781 (2006)
  43. Perishable: Hide Scraps AZRU8-2905 (2006)
  44. Perishable: Hide Scraps AZRU8-555 (2006)
  45. Perishable: Hide Strips AZRU8-1779 (2006)
  46. Perishable: Hide Strips AZRU8-2745 (2006)
  47. Perishable: Hide Triangle AZRU8-1753 (2006)
  48. Perishable: Hoop fragment AZRU8-2642 (2006)
  49. Perishable: Impressed Adobe AMNH 29.0/7837 (2006)
  50. Perishable: Knotted Cordage AMNH 29.0/5279 and 5278 (2006)
  51. Perishable: Knotted Yucca Leaves AZRU8-1041 (2006)
  52. Perishable: Leather Moccasin AZRU8-531 (2006)
  53. Perishable: Looped Legging AZRU8-2955 (2006)
  54. Perishable: Looped Object AMNH 29.0/7591 (2006)
  55. Perishable: Moccasin AMNH 29.0/8951 (2006)
  56. Perishable: Moccasin AMNH 29.0/8965 (2006)
  57. Perishable: Netted Hoop AZRU8-1279 (2006)
  58. Perishable: Openwork Basket AMNH 29.0/5310 (2006)
  59. Perishable: Openwork Basket AMNH 29.0/5311.1 (2006)
  60. Perishable: Oval Basket AMNH 29.0/8482 (2006)
  61. Perishable: Oval Ring AZRU8-2777 (2006)
  62. Perishable: Paho AZRU8-2638 (2006)
  63. Perishable: Paho AZRU8-2639 (2006)
  64. Perishable: Pahos AZRU8-2635 (L), AZRU8-2568 (R) (2006)
  65. Perishable: Painted Basket AMNH 29.0/5376 (2006)
  66. Perishable: Painted Basket AMNH 29.0/7481 (2006)
  67. Perishable: Painted Wood AZRU8-2646 (2006)
  68. Perishable: Perforated Horn Disk AZRU1-3926 (2006)
  69. Perishable: Pitch Artifacts AMNH 29.0/5340 (2006)
  70. Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/5297 (2006)
  71. Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/7370 (2006)
  72. Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/7708 (2006)
  73. Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/8852 (2006)
  74. Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/9464 (2006)
  75. Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.0/9963 (2006)
  76. Perishable: Plaited Bag AMNH 29.1/0025 (2006)
  77. Perishable: Plaited Bag AZRU8-1805 (2006)
  78. Perishable: Plaited Bag, AMNH 29.0/9663 (2006)
  79. Perishable: Plaited Band AMNH 29.0/5290 (2006)
  80. Perishable: Plaited Band AMNH 29.0/8504 (2006)
  81. Perishable: Plaited Band AMNH 29.0/8619 (2006)
  82. Perishable: Plaited Basket AMNH 29.0/7727 (2006)
  83. Perishable: Plaited Basket AMNH 29.0/8988 (2006)
  84. Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0-8956 (2006)
  85. Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0-9662 (2006)
  86. Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/6792 (2006)
  87. Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/7413 (2006)
  88. Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/8955 (2006)
  89. Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/9467 (2006)
  90. Perishable: Plaited Mat AMNH 29.0/9927 (2006)
  91. Perishable: Plaited Mat AZRU8-2912 (2006)
  92. Perishable: Plaited Mat AZRU8-2913 (2006)
  93. Perishable: Plaited Mat AZRU8-2914 (2006)
  94. Perishable: Plaited Mat Fragments AZRU8-2908 (2006)
  95. Perishable: Plaited Mat, AMNH 29.0/8788 (2006)
  96. Perishable: Plaited Mats AZRU8-2915 (2006)
  97. Perishable: Plaited Object AMNH 29.0/7585 #3 (2006)
  98. Perishable: Plaited Object AMNH 29.0/9474 (2006)
  99. Perishable: Plaited Object AMNH 29.0/9475 (2006)
  100. Perishable: Plaited Ring AZRU8-3420 (2006)